Wythenshawe voters take to the polls in council and European elections

Voters go to the polls in Manchester today (May 22) to choose their local councillors and representatives in the European Parliament.

Polling stations are open from 7am till 10pm and the votes will be counted for the council elections tomorrow (Friday) with the European election results announced on Sunday.

There will be coverage of the Manchester City Council results as they come in on Friday starting at 2pm.

Two separate voting systems are used in the elections. In the council elections, the familiar first past the post system will be used where voters make their choice of candidate and the person with the most votes wins.

In the European elections, a method of proportional representation is used – the regional list system – in which the voter puts their cross in support of a party to represent them in the North West Regional constituency. Eight seats are up for grabs in the North West and the seats are allocated according to the share of the vote for each party.